This is a picture of myself in costume as the femme fatale Adalia. We used all the ideas for the costume that we orginally decided and the outcome proved successful.

Narrative Sequence

1: Pan of Adalia sitting on bed in front of mirror. Cut to
2: Extreme close up, stationary, Adalia applying lipstick
3: Fade to black and white flashback (medium shot & pan of Rob & Faye)
4: High angle shot, Adalia walking up stairs
5: Long shot, Adalia sees Rob & Faye through door. Cut to
6: Extreme close up, stationary, Adalia applying mascara
7: Fade to flasback, medium shot and pan of Rob & Faye, focus on blood
8: Cut to high angle shot, Adalia walking down stairs
9: Medium close up, Adalia walks through door and past camera
10: Cut to close up of wine glass as Adalia picks up
11: Close up of sink as wine spilt down drain whilst taps running
12: Fade to black and white flashback, close up of knife as blood is washed off it.
13: Cut to close up of wad of money
14: Camera pans as money is rolled up in newspaper & placed inside handbag.
15: Close up of handbag
16: High angle shot Adalia walking downstairs
17: Medium close -up Adalia walking down last few stairs
18: Cut to extreme close-up, Adalia opening front door handle
19: Cut to outside, Adalia opens and slams front door
20: Camera follows Adalia down front path
21: Tilt shot Adalia walking down street
22: Cut to high angle shot, Adalia walking down ouside stairs
23: Cut to close up, Adalia's anxious face as she walks past camera
24: Low angle shot, focus on high-heeled shoes as Adalia walks past
25: Point of view shot, Adalia walks to car
26: Pan of car as Adalia steps in and slams door
27: Camera inside car, pan from Adalia's head to her opening mirror
28: Focus and zoom into mirror as Rob seen in background.

Props For Our Thriller

Red Lipstick
This is a classic femme fatale signifier, it also gives a strong reference to a dominant, confident woman and also blood.
This prop will be used when we see Adalia applying her make up in the dressing table mirror, before her first flashback.

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Blackest Black Mascara
This prop will be used before Adalias second flashback and if a bullet shaped mascara were to be used this would be a good reference.
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Kitchen Knife
This prop is the suggested weapon of Ron and Fayes murder, a knife is also a generic thriller signifier which is why we decided to use it.
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Wad of money wrapped in a newspaper
This is a strong reference to the noir thriller "Psycho" where Marion Crain steals the money from her boss's client and wraps it in a newspaper before running away. This prop will be used when Adalia has finished applying her make up and and previous to her running away.

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Costumes For Our Thriller

Pencil Skirt
We decided that a black pencil skirt would give a classic feel to the femme fatale image we were trying to create for the character Adalia. And being high waisted would recreate the image of the femme fatale you would originally associate with the 50's and 60's film noir thrillers.








White Shirt
We though that by teaming the black pencil skirt with a white shirt this would add to the classic femme fatale image we were trying to achieve, the white gives the illusion of innocence but with the black suggests hidden depths and a possible devious side. >>>

High Heeled Shoes
High heeled shoes represent a confident woman and this was an image we were trying to create for Adalia.
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Red Beret

The splash of red (the beret) is a reference to blood, which is why we decided to include it in the costume for our femme fatale. >>>

Outline Of Events For Our Thriller

The main character of our thriller is Adalia Justice, she is the typical "femme fatale" The opening will begin with an extreme close up shot of Adalia's lips, we will also see her applying red lipstick, we believe this would be a good reference made to blood. The sound in this sequence will be only non-diagetic, the backing track has not yet been decided. The shot then fades into a black and white establishing shot of a bedroom, where we will see Adalias boyfriend, Rob, in bed with another woman named Faye. This scene is a flashback from Adalias memory in which she is seen watching the implied sexual encounter through a slightly open door, this, however, goes unnoticed by the cheating couple. The camera then zooms in and focuses on the couple who are ,at this point, kissing intimately. Following this the camera cuts to another xtreme close-up of Adalia applying jet black mascara thickly to her eyelashes which then fades into another flashback, again in black and white of the bedroom again, the door this time shut and Rob and Faye still in the bed, however this time they are covered in blood and appear dead. The camera then cuts to another extreme close-up of Adalia applyin red nail varnish. Following this Adalia accidentally spills the nail varnish, the camera zooms into the spilled pool of nail varnish on the desk then zooms out to a close-up of a sink. This scene then changes to another flashback of Adalia washing blood off a knife in the same sink. This creates the assumption that Adalia commited the murder of her cheating boyfriend and his other woman.
The camera then cuts to an over the shoulder shot of Adalis wrapping a wad of notes, stolen from dead Rob's wallet, into a newspaper, this is a reference made to the thriller "Psycho" where Marion Crane does the same with money she has stolen from a client in her workplace. The focus is then on Adalias handbag into which she puts the folded newspaper. This is an implication that Adalia is on the run, another reference made to "Psycho"s Marion Crane. This then cuts to an extreme close-up following Adalias hand as she zips up a high heeled boot and then as she begins to walk. The screen the fades to black as the non-diagetic sound stops and a door is heard slamming. The camera then focuses on the shut dorr and the sound of heels is heard becoming further and further away from the camera. The camera cuts then to a scene of Adalia pacing through a dingy, deserted alleyway. The camera changes to a long shot and "follows" Adalia through the alleyway. Then the non-diagetic sound re-enters as the diagetic sound fades out and is no longer heard. Adalia is then seen walking towards a car in the distance. The camera follows Adalia to the car and watches as she slams the drivers car door shut behind her after getting in as this occurs non-diagetic stops again. The camera then cuts to another over the shoulder shot of Adalia now moving towards the middle of the car to look into the rear view mirror in which the camera shows the face of the "dead" boyfriend Rob reflected from the backseat of the car. The camera then cuts to a black screen and the sound of Adalias scream.